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  • Rocket fired from Egypt hits Israeli city of Eilat [Bibi:Sinai now a terror zone]

    04/05/2012 5:29:00 AM PDT · by DCBryan1 · 51 replies
    BBC ^ | 5 April 2012 Last updated at 02:04 ET | BBC
    A Grad rocket has landed in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, but has caused no damage or injuries, Israeli security officials said. District police chief Ron Gertner told Israeli radio the rocket had been fired from Egypt's Sinai peninsula. He said it struck a construction site close to a residential area shortly after midnight (21:00 GMT). The blast took place as thousands congregated in the resort town for the Jewish holiday of Passover. Rocket attacks from Egyptian soil are uncommon. Attacks on Eilat and the nearby Jordanian town of Aqaba in 2010 killed one person and injured another four....